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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Benjamin Mullin about Buzzfeed becoming a publicly traded company.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard invokes a new state law in an effort to seize control of the school district in Colorado City, Ariz. Goddard says district funds have been drained to benefit a polygamist group and school officials.

In a long-running government case, a federal judge rules that cigarette makers engaged in a 50-year conspiracy to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking. Anti-smoking groups are disappointed that permanent education programs aren't part of the ruling but believe the judge's language creates a strong arsenal for individual smokers to sue for damages for their own smoking-related diseases.

Berlin's controversial memorial to the Jews who died in the Holocaust is open to the public after years of controversy over its design. The first visitors Thursday shared their impressions on whether the memorial is too abstract. Some of them said it has the disorienting effect and helpless feeling that its architect tried to achieve.

A majority of Shiites believe that Hezbollah has won a victory. But Michael Young, Lebanese commentator and opinion editor of the Daily Star, the English language newspaper in Beirut, also hears less optimistic views, including the fear of sectarian tension in the future.

Donald Trump makes his first post-presidency speech at the annual CPAC conference.

A year ago, California voters rejected Arnold Schwarzenegger's vision for the state's future by defeating his entire slate of referenda. He then apologized for battling with nurses, police officers and teachers, not to mention assorted Democrats in Sacramento. Now Schwarzenegger's back on top.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two economists, Teresa Ghilarducci and James Broughel, about the tradeoffs between reopening economies and public safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

In his new book, Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris advocates keeping religion out of public policy. He calls religion the biggest obstacle to a rational public discourse. In the first of a two-part series on religion and politics, Harris discusses his book.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports on a new study by the Center for Excellence in Journalism that the public is increasingly skeptical of news reports because many view news organizations as immoral.